Improvement in milk-can bottom



WILES & WOCK.

Milk- Can Bottom.

'No. 67,474. Patented Aug. 6, I867.

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MOSES WILES AND JASPER C. WOCK, OF FORT PLAIN, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 67,474, datea August 6, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN MILK-CAN BOTTOM.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, MOSES WILES and JASPER C. WOCK, of Fort Plain, in the county of Montgomery, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Milk-Can Bottoms; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved method of constructing the bottoms of -cans which are used for the transportation of milk or dairy purposes, whereby they are rendered much more durable than when made in the ordinary manner; and the invention consists in forming the bottom of a can of aribbed flange, and in securing it to the can in the manner hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the can throilgh the line z :z: of fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a view of the bottom of the can, showing the ribs or bars by which it is protected.

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The milk-can A is formed with a bottom in the usual manner, and with an outside ring, B, as seen in the drawing, leaving a recess between it and the body of the can. 0 is the bottom, which is made of cast iron or in any other suitable manner, with cross-bars or ribs a, which may intersect each other, as seen, or be arranged in any equivalent manner. These bars are attached to a ring or flange, which may be eithercast or attached to the bars. This ring, which is marked D, is attached to another ring, which is marked E, which extends above the bars and enters the recess formed by B, where it is secured by soldering or in anyother suitable manner. The flange or ring B on the can may be dispensed with, if desired, It will thus be seen that the bottom ofthe can is thoroughly protected by our improvement, and rendered thereby muchmore durable at a slight expense.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The bottom 0, formed of either cast or wrought iron or other material, substantially'as shown and described, in combination with a milk can, as and for the purposes set forth.

The above specification of our invention signed by us this 3d-day of June, 1867.

MOSES WILES, J. C. WOCK.

Witnesses:

D. G. Sir-ours, ALEXANDER S. S'rnone. 

